Uruk: First City of the Ancient World by Nicola Crusemann, Margarete van Ess, Markus Hilgert, Beate Salje

Uruk: First City of the Ancient World
Nicola Crusemann, Margarete van Ess, Markus Hilgert, Beate Salje
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ISBN: 9781606064443
Publisher: Getty Publications
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This abundantly illustrated volume explores the genesis and flourishing of Uruk, the first known metropolis in the history of humankind.
  
 More than one hundred years ago, discoveries from a German archaeological dig at Uruk, roughly two hundred miles south of present-day Baghdad, sent shock waves through the scholarly world. Founded at the end of the fifth millennium BCE, Uruk was the main force for urbanization in what has come to be called the Uruk period (4000–3200 BCE), during which small, agricultural villages gave way to a larger urban center with a stratified society, complex governmental bureaucracy, and monumental architecture and art. It was here that proto-cuneiform script—the earliest known form of writing—was developed around 3400 BCE. Uruk is known too for the epic tale of its hero-king Gilgamesh, among the earliest masterpieces of world literature.
  
 Containing over 480 images, this volume represents the most comprehensive and up-to-date assessment of the archaeological evidence gathered at Uruk. More than sixty essays by renowned scholars provide glimpses into the life, culture, and art of the first great city of the ancient world. This volume will be an indispensable reference for readers interested in the ancient Near East and the origins of urbanism.

Uruk - First City of the Ancient World : Nicola Crusemann
        It was here that proto-cuneiform script-the earliest known form of writing-was developed around 3400 BCE. Uruk is known too for the epic tale of its hero-king Gilgamesh, among the earliest masterpieces of world literature. evidence gathered at Uruk.
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        Uruk is the first fully historical analysis of the origins of the city and of the state in debates on such questions as the ancient economy and world systems.
        Wall - Ancient History Encyclopedia
        City walls, which became common for purposes of defense, are first seen the 10th century BCE and the Sumerian city of Uruk which was founded by some to be greater than any of the listed Wonders of the Ancient World.
        Urbanization - Ancient History Encyclopedia
        Urbanization began in ancient Mesopotamia in the Uruk Period To the Sumerians, however, the first city was Eridu which was . This cycle of rise and fall of cities is seen repeatedly in many cultures around the world.
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        Home to Gilgamesh, Uruk was the major force of urbanization and state The Uruk period is characterized by the formation of the first city 
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        Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology & the Ancient World Eanna and Kullaba Sacred Precincts, and the structure of the concentric city. 2004: “Origins: The Uruk phenomenon,” in A history of the ancient Near East : ca. Uruk the first city.

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